Updated January 24, 2017 at 7:55 AM;Posted January 23, 2017 at 1:49 PM

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President Donald Trump shows off a signed executive order to reinstitute a policy barring any recipient of U.S. assistance from performing or promoting abortions abroad with money they receive from non-U.S. sources, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Evan Vucci, Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, D. C. - Newly-installed President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders on Monday, including one that reinstates a longtime Republican priority: blocking U.S. foreign aid to organizations that perform abortions.

Called the "Mexico City" policy because it was first announced by the Reagan administration at a United Nations event there, it was rescinded by President Bill Clinton, re-instated by President George W. Bush and cancelled again exactly eight years ago by President Barack Obama.

The Mexico City policy differs from the 1977 Hyde Amendment - which blocks federal money from directly funding abortion - because it blocks government money from going to any non-abortion activities of affected groups.

Anti-abortion organizations were pleased with Trump's actions, saying he made good on is campaign pledges to them. Here's what Ohio Right to Life President Mike Gonidakis said about it on Twitter:

Abortion rights groups accused Trump of putting politics over women's lives. A statement from Latanya Mapp Frett, the executive director of Planned Parenthood Global, said the action would "cause clinic closures around the world, resulting in more unintended pregnancy and unsafe abortion, not less."

Trump's move comes a day after the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that legalized abortion by rejecting a state law that banned abortions except to save the life of the mother.

Anti-abortion activists plan to mark the anniversary Friday with a march in Washington, and the U.S. House of Representatives has scheduled a vote tomorrow on a measure that would permanently prohibit federal funding for abortion and funding for any insurance plan that includes abortion on demand.

Here's some of the social media reaction to Trump's action from organizations and individuals on both sides of the issue: